Tapping in Franklin Couuty

[Russ008]

Looks like I'll have all my line up and flushed , tanks washed by the end of the weekend. Then I'll start the tapping. Shooting for 125 on-line 75 bags and 50 buckets. Hope I find enough trees ! Fingers Crossed, Knock on wood I'll be boiling next week.

[ecolbeck]

Next week is looking warm but not really sunny. Given this cold spell I’m wondering how quickly the trees will thaw. Are people here locally gonna go for it?

[Kamina]

Next week is looking warm but not really sunny. Given this cold spell I’m wondering how quickly the trees will thaw. Are people here locally gonna go for it?

Yes. I’m in central MA and will tap my reds Saturday.

[Biz]

I will start tapping here in central MA on Saturday also.

Dave

[BitterSweetAcres]

In Charlemont, be tapping within the next week. We have collections in royalston, leverett, northfield and charlemont. Always looking for more taps, any leads? Admins please delete if not allowed.

[Kamina]

TAPPED! 2/20/21

10 reds. Central MA. Temp is 33 and a couple of them are already producing a minuscule amount of sap. Will be interesting to see what happens tomorrow - sun will be out. Next week they should explode when it gets into the 40s.

[Kamina]

Still next to nothing from the reds I tapped. Barely a dribble from all of them. There was one tree that produced a couple of cups of sap one day, but it's back to a dribble too. Wondering if I did something wrong.

[bruff64]

Tapped last Wednesday. Collected 63 gallons yesterday the 26th from 75 buckets, sweetened the pan last night with first boil. Have a few reds tapped and they did not run. Buckland, MA.

[StoneHillFarm]

Tapped 2/22 & 2/23, didn't run until Friday we collected 65 gallons & sweetened the pans. Just got a warm spell over the last few days, hoping we have a decent amount in the tank tonight. Shelburne, MA

[Russ008]

I wasn't getting the boil rate I was expecting out of my new evaporator so I took a radical step and cut out the baffle in back of the drop flue. It seemed to help but my feed line to the evaporator started freezing and I ruined last weeks boil ( 150 gals). I put a heat tape on my feed line in case this happens again. I'm preparing for a much faster boil rate. I'm going out this morning to set some bags on a neighbors property. Got the next week off so I hope to keep up. I had a year I lost a few hundred gallons of sap because It spoiled before I couldn't boil it all. I hoping to get a better production this year.